The value structure of Joseph-Noël Sylvestre is mid-key: quiet, controlled, and cohesive. The dominant temperature is warm, with earth tones and fire-hues setting the emotional key. Chroma is kept low across all colours, producing the soft, enveloping quality that characterises tonal painting. At 6.0%, #E1BE90 carries the palette's sharpest chromatic charge: an accent that earns its place precisely because it is withheld. The full value range is 59 units: broad enough to build convincing three-dimensional form. The palette is recognisably Joseph-Noël Sylvestre's own: particular in its temperature, chroma, and the economy of its brightest note.